Display box



Nov. 7, 1939. J. M. SHIELDS DISPLAY BOX Filed NOV. 9, 1936 Patented Nov.7, i939 UNITED STATES DISPLAY BOX John M. Shields, Ghicago, Ill.,assignor to F. H.

Noble & 00., Chicago, 111., a corporation of Illinois ApplicationNovember 9, 1936, Serial No. 109,866

3 Claims.

My present invention relates to an ornamental box or container whichIhave devised for the purpose of holding and displaying in an attractiveand ornamental manner such articles as wrist watches, lockets', jewelry,and other small articles of similar character. The objector my inventionis to provide a container which by reason of the mechanical constructionand arrangement of its parts, will serve when closed as a container forthe article, and the parts of which may be readily adjusted when the boxis opened to display the contained article in a novel and originalmanner for sale in show cases or on counters, or in a pleasing andornamental mannor on a dressing table or bureau in the house. Theseobjects I have attained by the novel construction and arrangements ofthe parts of the container, as will appear from the descriptionhereinafter given, the essential elements of my 20 invention being moreparticularly set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective of my novel display container with the coversin closed position;

Fig. 2 is a perspective of the same with the cover members open and thedisplay pad in display position;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the box with the display pad removed;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the display pad detached from its seat in thesup-porting pad member of the pad structure of the container;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary section in a vertical longitudinal planeadjacent one end of the'box showing the display pad in elevatedposition; and

Fig. 6 is a transverse vertical section of the box body with the displaypad removed.

Like reference characters indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawing.

The base or body member of the box may conveniently be constructed, asillustrated, of a rectangular frame I of stamped sheet metal to which issecured a bottom sheet 2 of fibre board or other suitable material. Thetwo longer sides of the base member are equipped at the top with springhinges 3 whereby the pair of cover members 4-4 are secured to the body,these hinges being of the well-known construction which operates toyieldingly hold the cover members alternatively either in closedposition, or in open position. The cover members are curved to provide asuitable recess for reception of the article which the box is designedto receive, and preferably are covered and lined, or otherwiseornamented to present a pleasing appearance, both when the covers areopen and when they are closed. w

The inner side of the frame member I is formed to provide a seat for thesupporting pad member 5 of the 'pad structure, which pad may be formedof any suitable material, and ispreferably provided with a covering ofplush or other suitable ornamental material. The center of this pad iscut away and formed with side and end walls defining an opening in thepad member, which walls extend to a level a short distance above thebottom of the container. Two opposite ones of these vertical walls areformed at the bottom with inwardly disposed horizontal flanges 6-45which terminate short of the proximate end wall of the opening, thusproviding recesses between the ends of the flanges and the end walls ofthe opening.

'Seated within the opening of the supporting pad 5 and supported uponits flanges 6 is arranged a removable display pad I, which in thepresent instance, though not necessarily, is curved similarly to thecover members. On the top face of this display pad, and extendinglongitudinally thereof, is formed a central strap-receiving orchain-receiving channel or groove 8 between opposite flanges 99, whichlatter extend beyond the ends of the groove to form corner lugs Ill-I 0.These lugs are so constructed that when the display pad is removed fromits seat in the supporting pad, the display pad may be arranged in aninclined position, with the lugs l0-I0 at one end extending downwardlyinto the recesses between the ends of the supporting flanges 66 of thesupporting pad and the proximate side and walls of the opening therein,to hold the display pad in display position.

When in inclined position the lower face of the lugs Hi will stopagainst the proximate ends of the flanges 6 at their points ofv contacttherewith, and the upper curved face of such lugs will stop against thelower edge of the end wall opening in the supporting pad, the ends ofthe lugs iii extending downwardly into the recesses at the ends of theflanges 66, and the two stops thus provided, in connection with thefriction between the contacting parts and the curved contour of theupper face of the lugs I0, serving to restrain the display pad fromshifting from the inclined position to which it has been set.

While as illustrated and described the flanges 66 terminate at both endsshort of the ends of the opening in the supporting pad, thus enablingthe display pad to be supported at either end, it 55 is obvious that ifdesired they may at one end extend to the end of the opening. It is alsoobvious that while the flanges 9-9 are described as continuous members,they may be interrupted, or separate lugs employed so spaced as toperform the functions described, as full equivalents of the specificstructure described.

The groove 8 provides a suitable seat to receive the strap of a wristwatch, or the chain of a locket or similar article to be displayed onthe pad structure, and when the box is open and the removable pad set toinclined central position between the symmetrical vertical walls formedby the sections of the cover members, a very pleasing and attractiveappearance is presented.

I claim:

1. In a container for watches, lockets and like articles, a supportingpad formed with inner vertical depending end and side walls extendingtoward and terminating above the bottom of the container and defining arectangular opening, two opposite walls of which are provided withinwardly disposed horizontal flanges spaced above the bottom of thecontainer and which terminate short of the proximate end wall of theopening at at least one end, and a removable display pad supported onsaid horizontal flanges and formed with corner lugs arranged to beinserted between the ends of the horizontal flanges and the proximatewall of the opening in the supporting pad, the lower faces of said lugsbeing arranged to stop against the ends of said horizontal flanges andthe upper faces of said lugs being arranged to stop against the loweredge of the proximate wall of said opening to hold the display pad ininclined position.

2. In a container for watches, lockets and like articles, a supportingpad formed with inner vertical depending end and side walls extendingtoward and terminating above the bottom of the container and defining arectangular opening, two opposite walls of which are provided withinwardly disposed horizontal flanges spaced above the bottom of thecontainer and which terminate short of the proximate end wall of theopening at at least one end, and a removable display pad supported onsaid horizontal flanges and formed with a strap-receiving groove andcorner lugs extending beyond said groove arranged to be inserted betweenthe ends of the horizontal flanges and the proximate wall of the openingin the supporting pad, the lower faces of said lugs being arranged tostop against the ends of said horizontal flanges and the upper faces ofsaid lugs being arranged to stop against the lower edge of the proximatewall of said opening to hold the display pad in inclined position.

In a container for watches, lockets and like articles, a supporting padformed with inner vertical depending end and side walls extending towardand terminating above the bottom of the container and defining arectangular opening, two opposite walls of which are provided withinwardly disposed horizontal flanges spaced above the bottom of thecontainer and which terminate short of the proximate end wall of theopening at at least one end, and a removable display pad supported onsaid horizontal flanges and formed with a strap-receiving grooveextending between opposite flanges which provide corner lugs at the endsof the pad arranged to be inserted between the ends of the horizontalflanges and the proximate wall of the opening in the supporting pad, thelower faces of said lugs being arranged to stop against the ends of saidhorizontal flanges and the upper faces of said lugs being arranged tostop against the lower edge of the proximate wall of said opening tohold the display pad in inclined position.

JOHN M. SHIELDS.

